Canada’s last jobs report had an error and new figures will be released Aug. 15, Statistics Canada said.

Statistics Canada didn’t explain the cause of the problem in the July jobs data.

By:Bloomberg Published on Tue Aug 12 2014

Canada’s last jobs report had an error and new figures will be released Aug. 15, Statistics Canada said.

The Ottawa-based agency didn’t outline the cause of the problem in a statement Tuesday.

“Statistics Canada takes this matter very seriously and is immediately launching a review of the data verification processes in place,” the agency said in a statement. “This does not affect other statistical programs.”

The job report published on Aug. 8 said Canada added just 200 jobs in July and the unemployment rate declined to 7 per cent.